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Nearby: Shellfish Harvester Fined

News from around Long Island this week.

A Bellport company has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine for harvesting clams in uncertified waters near an outfall pipe from the Bergen Point Sewage Treatment Plant in West Babylon. 

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, an investigation in February by Environmental Conservation Officers (ECO) found surf clam boats from Bay Head, Inc., operating in the Atlantic Ocean near the pipe. This area is closed to shellfish harvesting, which extends three miles offshore and one-half mile east and west of the outfall pipe. The closure has been in effect since the late 1970s.

Company To Pay $3.1 Million For Charity Scam

A Lindenhurst-based fundraising firm that collected millions in donations for a bogus breast cancer charity will pay $3.1 million in restitution, according to a state judge order.  A majority of the money will be given to legitimate breast cancer charities through a fund set up by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who brought the case against Campaign Center Inc. and its chief, West Islip resident Garrett Morgan. Coalition Against Breast Cancer raised $10 million between 2005 and 2011, but only $48,000 actually went to fight cancer.

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Long Beach Medical Center Still Closed
With its targeted date of mid-March to reopen the Long Beach Medical Center long since past, officials are now struggling to pinpoint a new timeframe.

"I cannot, at this time, give a firm date on when we expect to reopen," said Sharon Player, director of Public Affairs at the Medical Center. "Over the past many months, we have had to address issues that were not in the  original scope of work, but were discovered as our work progressed."

During the storm the facility's basement flooded with 10 feet of water, destroying their mechanical, electrical, boiler and fire alarm systems, as well as most of the essential departments related to operations. Repairs could total more than $55 million.

South Fork Losing Its Bowling Alley
East Hampton Bowl in East Hampton Village is shutting its doors at the end of June, which will not only mean there won't be a bowling alley anywhere on the South Fork, but also that East Hampton High School will likely lose its bowling team. Regular bowlers said they were told over the past week that the bowling alley was closing.

On-Demand Massage Service Starting Up
Those looking to have a massage in the comfort of their home, hotel room or even at the office will be able to order one up at a moment's notice through a company that is launching in the Hamptons on June 19.  Zeel, which first started offering on-demand massage services in New York City is expanding to the Hamptons as a natural progression, said Marcy Lerner, of Zeel.


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